Thursday, February 16, 2006
pull that spike out of ur arse
i tried not to do it, but with the annoying day that i've had, this is the perfect moment for my rant fest.
the whole political cartoon vs. religion thing. could this be more annoying, ridiculous, over the top, stupid (insert any other word you feel is appropriate). i'm not going to be politically correct about it at all. its just stupid. its a friggin political cartoon, its satire, its a message within a message to try to inspire thought, or represent an issue. its not just done in foul attempts to hurt.
and now, its moved into canada. our reporters have "chosen" not to show the cartoons, and are limiting their freedom of expression and journalism to appease a group. that's crap. last i checked, you needed to show the whole story in order to let people decide for THEMSELVES what they felt. how exactly can you talk about something without presenting the core of what you're talking about. if i was talking about fred, can someone really understand fred in his entirety without seeing him? no, b/c they will picture in their minds what they want to picture, and that by definition becomes slanted and obscured.
and, well, just in case i do need to point this out, this is CANADA. as in land of freedom of speech, expression. land of the charter which, if anyone remembers, guarantees those rights.
there was a muslim woman on omni 2 speaking about the whole affair, and she was mentioning how religion should be respected blah blah blah, and how apparently there might be the beginnings of a legal fight in order to try to get religion protected from being "made fun of" and disrespected (violin in the background). and, in order to try to get people to support this and jump on the bandwagon, she was speaking about getting all religions involved in this, not just muslim, blah blah blah. i'm catholic so i can say this cause i have a stake in it.
i'm opposed to this, i'm sure any rational thinking person is opposed to this. and i will fight this fight. cause if we allow this to happen, where do we draw the line. next we'll have political groups declaring themselves holier than though, and they will want protection. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
but, if we're going on that bandwagon, then, i have an idea. i'm going to declare myself a religious or political group (i just need two more persons to join). its going to be the "Alliance in the Advancement of Me". and i will demand that i be protected from political cartoons and satire in the entire world. other countries will be governed by my rules and i will tell them what they are and are not allowed to say about me. everyone in the world will have to be nice to me, not say one bad thing about me, noone will be able to make fun of me in any way. pretty much be very very nice to me. and i will do this b/c i can. oh wait. no i can't. cause its stupid (there is no better word).
get over yourselves. what someone else, and more importantly, what another country wants to do is their business. also, as far as canada's freedoms go, we respect the religion in that you get to practice it, you have your institutions and traditions, you are free to exercise them, but if i want to stand on the street corner and express my opinion without inciting a riot or physically hurting someone, then that is my RIGHT. you wanna stand there an call me an alcohol b/c i'm a polack, go for it. you wanna make fun of the pope (my polish pope whom i admire so), GIVER. that's your opinion. you don't like the laws here? make like a tree.
the whole political cartoon vs. religion thing. could this be more annoying, ridiculous, over the top, stupid (insert any other word you feel is appropriate). i'm not going to be politically correct about it at all. its just stupid. its a friggin political cartoon, its satire, its a message within a message to try to inspire thought, or represent an issue. its not just done in foul attempts to hurt.
and now, its moved into canada. our reporters have "chosen" not to show the cartoons, and are limiting their freedom of expression and journalism to appease a group. that's crap. last i checked, you needed to show the whole story in order to let people decide for THEMSELVES what they felt. how exactly can you talk about something without presenting the core of what you're talking about. if i was talking about fred, can someone really understand fred in his entirety without seeing him? no, b/c they will picture in their minds what they want to picture, and that by definition becomes slanted and obscured.
and, well, just in case i do need to point this out, this is CANADA. as in land of freedom of speech, expression. land of the charter which, if anyone remembers, guarantees those rights.
there was a muslim woman on omni 2 speaking about the whole affair, and she was mentioning how religion should be respected blah blah blah, and how apparently there might be the beginnings of a legal fight in order to try to get religion protected from being "made fun of" and disrespected (violin in the background). and, in order to try to get people to support this and jump on the bandwagon, she was speaking about getting all religions involved in this, not just muslim, blah blah blah. i'm catholic so i can say this cause i have a stake in it.
i'm opposed to this, i'm sure any rational thinking person is opposed to this. and i will fight this fight. cause if we allow this to happen, where do we draw the line. next we'll have political groups declaring themselves holier than though, and they will want protection. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
but, if we're going on that bandwagon, then, i have an idea. i'm going to declare myself a religious or political group (i just need two more persons to join). its going to be the "Alliance in the Advancement of Me". and i will demand that i be protected from political cartoons and satire in the entire world. other countries will be governed by my rules and i will tell them what they are and are not allowed to say about me. everyone in the world will have to be nice to me, not say one bad thing about me, noone will be able to make fun of me in any way. pretty much be very very nice to me. and i will do this b/c i can. oh wait. no i can't. cause its stupid (there is no better word).
get over yourselves. what someone else, and more importantly, what another country wants to do is their business. also, as far as canada's freedoms go, we respect the religion in that you get to practice it, you have your institutions and traditions, you are free to exercise them, but if i want to stand on the street corner and express my opinion without inciting a riot or physically hurting someone, then that is my RIGHT. you wanna stand there an call me an alcohol b/c i'm a polack, go for it. you wanna make fun of the pope (my polish pope whom i admire so), GIVER. that's your opinion. you don't like the laws here? make like a tree.
The End of Privacy - Whitaker